~ A garden set in the Wye Valley

Exciting News from the BBC

Answering the phone on Friday evening, I sighed thinking ‘oh please, not another sales call’. Wrong : the caller was a researcher letting us know the garden will be on Gardener’s World on Friday 19th August, BBC2 at 8.30pm.

Filmed in late October 2015, the footage was to be shown this autumn. Hearing that it had been brought forward was a nice surprise.

Who knows, given that the garden is open until the end of September we may even enjoy a few more NGS visitors?

As confusing as it may seem to viewers, we’re described as a Gloucestershire couple living in a Welsh postcode whose grassy garden was “inspired by living in the Far East”. Given the blurb, I’m hoping for some esoteric ‘dingly-dangly’ music to complete the Bermuda Triangle effect.

UPDATE :

The footage of Barn House Garden is 15 mins into the YouTube video.

If you’d like to see what the garden looked like last October please press play.

Oh how exciting Kate. We don’ t have a tevision, but I shall invite myself round to watch it with a gardening friend, I wouldn’ t miss it for anything. One day, I hope to see your amazing garden for myself.

Oh you must be SO excited!! After all, I am excited and it’s not MY garden! Just think of all your blogging friends sitting watching… not to mentions all those hundreds of thousand of other GW viewers ;) Excited AND nervous…

Wow! After the windy day we experienced on our visit in July it was lovely to view your garden at it’s very best! The only flower missing from my point of view were those lovely golden ‘monbretia’ (?). A beautiful sight in the summer.
So pleased I remembered to record GW as the diving is on!! Sue.

I’ve just watched Gardener’s World on I Player and your garden is stunning and so inspiring. I loved the reminder that you propagated lots of plants from parent plants to make those huge dramatic swathes. Awesome in every way.

So glad you added the link and I didn’t have to wait till my UK visit next week! Such a fabulous garden Kate! I adore grasses and your garden is an inspiration! One day when I am in the country for a bit longer I will definitely have to see it for myself. :)

Hi Kate
Catching up with you via Dan The Frustrated Gardener. Just found your garden on GW E 21 (youtube). Unfortunately, being in Australia, we are blocked watching anything on British TV. Just thought I would let you know so your fans around the world will be able to catch up.

Hi Kate, So pleased you included the youtube clip as I missed GW on Friday. You were both fantastic and the garden looked stunning. You must be really pleased with the feature. So pleased to see your garden is getting the attention it deserves. xx

Louise, just lovely to hear from you – it’s getting on for 2 years since you and Ian visited the garden, then helped us with the website … you set this snowball in motion. Love and thanks to you both. xx

Brilliant Kate, your garden was even more beautiful than I imaged it would be. Great feature, the YouTube link worked for me here too – the wonders of modern technology. It was also lovely to see and hear you speak, it will make you posts even better for me.

How nice to ‘meet you’, Dina, and thank you for such kind words. Guessing you know all about Pensthorpe MG and Bressingham Gardens etc.? I’m still an Essex girl at heart – one day I’ll get back to East Anglia to catch up on these fab gardens and grassy nurseries.

Wow, Kate, I’m impressed, congrats! I’ve been browsing your blog this past while and love your plantings. I can’t wait to see the garden, it’s on my bucket list! I wonder whether you’d mind to give me some advice…I’m thinking of planting Sesleria autumnalis in the sunken garden as the Nasella is struggling with the winter wet. Would you think it’s a good choice for year round interest and also able to cope with summer drought/heat and winter wet? Pity, I couldn’t see Gardener’s World…or is it available on internet? Best wishes and enjoy your beautiful creation x

Thanks Annette, firstly GW E21 is on Youtube – link on this post works at least in Germany, Italy, France ….
Secondly, I’ve been very impressed with how Sesleria is doing well here, it should as it’s a European native. All I’ve seen and read indicates that as an evergreen its tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions, likely to slow down a bit in heat/low humidity but shouldn’t brown out like alternatives ie deschampsia. Timely question, I hope to write up on it soon! Good low maintenance landscape plant : can strim it down late winter too😉

It didn’t work at first but then, yes! Your place looks just amazing, I’m so impressed, and it’s lovely to see you, sort of feels more personal now. What an achievement to make this garden and to be featured on GW – you must be singing and dancing too :)

I’ve just caught up with this episode Kate and your garden looked spectacular. It was truly wonderful to see it moving on screen and I especially loved the way you talked about it – you looked so natural (and of course so at home) in the garden you’ve created.

What a thoughtful comment, thank you. I was amazed to see what a good job the cameraman had done given that it was such an overcast day. Soundman was fab,not so easy to catch the background rustling noise grasses make.